102 Quotes by Victoria Coren Mitchell

If you want to gnaw greenery in the morning for health reasons, do it in your own home with the curtains drawn.

MY INSPIRATION has always been Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who smoked and drank every day and died a few years ago at the age of 122. When asked the secret of her longevity, she replied: ‘I laugh a lot.’ Well you would, wouldn’t you.

I have a complicated relationship with the zoo; maybe everyone does. It's so wonderful and so sad.

The key to nature's therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There's amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted - but that's not your act of creation, it's your act of joining in.

I was never, in my whole school career, given a job as a monitor, a form captain, or a prefect. I never won any kind of prize.

Weight gain is good because it makes your dresses tight. This is not necessarily classy or flattering, but it means you don't have to iron anything.

When I was 15, I still liked climbing trees and hiding in cupboards.

When I was learning to drive, I thought the big milestones were changing gear, changing lane, and three-point-turns.

I do feel incredibly lucky to be making a living at things I love doing.